Great prayer meeting time at IJM this morning!

Today a man who used to be the director of a prison in Haiti and his wife came to share about his experience in the Haitian prison system. He sought asylum in the U.S. after spending many years trying to maintain integrity and advocating for reform in the Haitian system.

This man was pivotal in aiding IJM in the case of Osner Fevry (in the story this man is the "the director of the National Penitentiary"), an innocent man and attorney working for justice in Haiti. Fevry was considered a political threat and there were plots to murder him whil he was being illegally detained. The former director refused to take part and attempted to aid Fevry as much as he could.

The former director shared his story, including a wonderful twist of how he met his wife in the U.S. because she volunteered for IJM and was his translator from the very beginning. After 5 long years, he was just granted permanent residency in the U.S.

We were all so encouraged by this happy ending for this man and his wife, and the direct role IJM played in helping them. His story also reminded me of the complete night-and-day difference of the world we know here in the U.S., and the world others experience in countries like Haiti.